Agrimony

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

agrimony
    n 1: a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of
         small yellow flowers [syn: {agrimonia}, {agrimony}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Agrimony \Ag"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L.
   agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family.
   (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp
       agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum}); water agrimony
       ({Bidens}).
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   Note: The {Agrimonia eupatoria}, or common agrimony, a
         perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once
         esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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